Sailor on the Sea- Buna Hicks (NC) 1966 Burton
[From: Burton & Manning, Folksongs 2 p.60. No source given by Hicks. Her version sticks very closely to the Carter's text.
R. Mattteson 2017]
Sailor on the Sea- as sung by Buna Presnell Hicks of Beech Mountain NC on October 29, 1966, collected by Burton and Manning
1. It was on one Sunday evening
Just about the hour of three
When my darlin' started to leave me,
To sail on the deep blue sea.
2. He promised to write a letter,
He promised to write to me,
But I haven't heard from my darlin',
Who's sailor on the deep blue sea.
3. My mother's dead and buried,
My paw’s forsaken me,
And I have no one to love me,
But the sailor on the deep blue sea.
4. "Oh, captain, can you tell me,
Can you tell me where he may be?"
"Oh yes, my little maiden,
He’s down in the deep blue sea."
5. Farewell to friends and relation,
This is the last you'll see of me,
I'm goin' to end my troubles
By drownin' in the deep blue sea.